A bold step to save Russia

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The collapse of the former USSR has brought enormous economic difficulties for its successor states, especially Russia. The West should help avert a collapse of the Russian economy since it would have enormous repercussions around the world. Several ways on how this can be done are presented.

author: Shelton, Judy
Evaluation, Economic aspects, Russia, Economic assistance, Foreign economic assistance

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Leap of faith: could a mother risk her child's life to save another's?

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Penny Thomas faced a difficult decision over allowing a donor's kidney to be transplanted on another child although her own daughter needs the organ. Her decision to give the other child a chance to live is rewarded when it is later determined that her daughter no longer needed a transplant.

author: Boetig, Donna E.
Social aspects, Portrayals, Organ transplantation, Pediatric surgery, Faith, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. in children

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To save Ryan

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Sixteen-month-old Ryan Rubright swallowed his aunt's quinidine tablets and nearly died. However, he survived after receiving treatment from the dedicated doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina's Children's Hospital.

author: Deane, Barbara
Accidents, Infants

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